Government And Institutions

Puerto Rico is staggering under a $72 billion public debt load that its governor has said the U.S. territory cannot pay and must restructure.

A Senate committee report urges the Transportation Department to crack down on unfair or hidden airline fees for things like seat reservations, checked baggage and ticket changes or cancellations.

Romania's tax authorities say they will investigate the country's big earners, including celebrities, moneylenders and pop stars, to verify the sources of their incomes.

Mortgage giant Fannie Mae reported net income of $4.6 billion from April through June, up from $3.7 billion a year earlier.

The Labor Department reports on the number of people who applied for unemployment benefits last week at 8:30 a.m. Eastern Thursday.

Federal regulators are requiring companies to reveal the pay gap between CEOs and their employees.

The Commerce Department reports on the international trade gap for June at 8:30 a.m. Eastern Wednesday.

Donald Trump vows to bring back the millions of American jobs lost to China and other foreign competitors if voters put him in the White House.

A mining company that wants to tap one of the richest known deposits of uranium in the world says it has filed a legal challenge to Virginia's 33-year ban on the mining of the radioactive ore.

Minnesota lawmakers pumped the brakes Wednesday on Gov. Mark Dayton's call for a special session to aid Mille Lacs Lake businesses hurting from the early closure of walleye fishing season, instead suggesting a different solution: re-open the lake to walleye fishing.

Kansas has eliminated a $25-a-day limit on ATM withdrawals with cash assistance cards over concerns from U.S. officials about the much-criticized part of a larger effort to ensure that poor families use their benefits for necessities and not alcohol, gambling or luxuries such as concerts or tattoos.

A judge Wednesday ruled that Southern California Edison executives engaged in improper private talks with California utility regulators related to the now-closed San Onofre nuclear power plant and could face millions of dollars in potential penalties.

The former president of Wilmington Trust and three other former bank executives have been indicted on fraud and conspiracy charges in an ongoing federal investigation into the collapse of the century-old financial institution.

The U.S. Forest Service has raised hundreds of concerns about a proposed natural gas pipeline that would carve a 30-mile swath through national forests in Virginia and West Virginia.

Figures on government spending and debt (last six digits are eliminated).

An oil spill from a ruptured pipeline near Santa Barbara, California, that fouled beaches for miles may have been far larger in volume than earlier projected.

California closed an ugly chapter in its financial history on Wednesday by making its final payment on $14.2 billion in costly borrowing that plugged a budget deficit 11 years ago but eventually cost taxpayers about $5 billion in interest and fees.

From iconic Fenway Park to little league fields in Southie, Boston Mayor Martin J.

A bipartisan investigation of the IRS is blaming management problems at the tax agency for the mistreatment of conservative political groups when they applied for tax-exempt status.

CEOs make a lot more than the average working Joe or Jane.